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Friday, November 11, 2011

Fabergé Friday

The second of the Imperial easter eggs, which Alexander III presented to his wife Maria Feodorovna in 1886, was the "Hen with Sapphire Pendant Egg", or "Hen with Egg in Basket". Out of the fifty-two easter eggs Fabergé created for Russia's Imperial family, this is one of the missing ones. No picture of it has been found...

The third egg, from 1887, was the "Blue Serpent Clock Egg".


This is the first of the Imperial Fabergé eggs to feature a clock - the rotating white band with roman numerals that encircles the egg - enameled in translucent blue. The diamond set snake coiling around the base points at the hour with it's head. The three panels with raised motifs in quatre couleurs on the pedestal, represents the arts and sciences. Since the clockwork is hidden inside the egg, it doesn't contain the usual "surprise". 

The current owner of this egg is Prince Albert II of Monaco.
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